What's “Akabeko” ?

“Akabeko” is a red cow that appears in the legend of Aizu in Fukushima, Japan.

Once upon a time, I was about to build a very wonderful temple.
But the construction didn't go well, and the people suffered very much.
A crowd of cows that appeared from anywhere helped the construction and managed to finish the temple somehow.

The red cow “Akabeko” in the herd is helping the construction until the end, changing the figure to a stone and still watching the temple.

"Akabeko"'s Store

"Akabeko" is very very cute.
And the birthplace of "Akobeko" is Fukushima.
It is the place of the memorable "3.11 Great East Japan earthquake".
I am glad that you can have this opportunity to have interest in Fukushima.